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The Official Newsletter Of The National Association Of Investigative Specialists
Keeping Investigators Informed And Up-To-Date For 30 Years! Articles, Reviews, PodCasts And Video Casts!
Editor- Ralph Thomas

August 10th, 2010 Edition

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Bounty Boys Make Online TV History Broadcasting Bail Recovery Pickups Live!
The Bounty Boys, a team of professional bail recovery agents out of Oklahoma made online TV history last night by broadcasting bail recovery pickups live. The Bounty Boys used a live stream in their pickup vehicle in which watchers could post online questions to them as they drove around and made arrests. The Bounty Boys plan online live shows on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The online TV show is being broadcast by NAIStv and also through through their own channel on YouTube and US Stream TV. The Bounty Boys also have several shows up and running on their channels you can watch when the live TV show is not being broadcast.

E-Commerce Security Is Broken, Vulnerable, Says Hacker Conference Founder
Lots of code excitement will spring from the Black Hat hacker conference this week, but already a huge controversy is erupting: Black Hat's founder thinks SSL--the security code making much of online commerce safe--is broken.

Cambridge Times Herald Swtiches Content From Entertainment To National Security
A popular online daily newspaper has swtiched it's focus and content from entertainment to national security. Check it out and bookmark this page. The Griffith Media Center announced this morning that it was revamping The Cambridge Times Herald, taking the online newspaper from an entertainment newspaper network to a national security focus.
Starting this week, The Cambridge Times Herald will cease carrying entertainment news and will be a primary national security journal covering government agencies and news from travel alerts to terrorism.

Kayla Cohen And GCIS ID New Threat To America
As if we dodn't have enough problems already, super spy Kayla Cohen from GCIS has identified yet another one. Cyber drugs and mind control through the Internet. Check out her NAIStv page on it.

In the murky world of private spies, one agency is ready to hit the ground By Leslie Symms, Staff Reporter
The Durham Post Dispatch

When it emerged earlier this year that US intelligence in Pakistan and Afghanistan was standing largely on the shoulders of private contractors hired as spies—including information used to kill insurgents—the feds quickly said the programs were being discontinued and swept the whole matter under the carpet. The New York Times revisited the issue, and found quite the opposite—private spies are still filing a flurry of reports from Afghanistan and Pakistan.

 

LEADING GCIS: The First 156 Days
As W. Edward Griffith (his friends and colleagues know him as Will) sits at his desk first thing in the morning, the first thing he does is coffee. Black with brown sugar is how he prefers it. He begins reading through a barrage of intelligence briefings ready for him hours before he begins work. By Madison Harcourt, Editor, Hartford Times Examiner

ArtChix Mafgazine Names Ralph Thomas
Person Of The Year for 2010

Our 2010 ArtChix Magazine ‘Person of the Year’ beat out two big names on our list. George Clooney and Angelina Jolie represented Hollywood and despite their contributions in other areas, our readers wanted what they called ‘a real American’ who was ‘a real influence’. It was funny that our readers looked outside of Hollywood or Washington to find those qualities (laughing) and, as they say, the rest is history.

You’ve (not) been served: Unlicensed process server under investigation re: false affadavits- A PI Newswire Story

By JEFF GERMAN, Las Vegas Legal News — Las Vegas police are investigating allegations that an unlicensed process serving company submitted false affidavits in justice courts around the valley, potentially disrupting the lives and finances of thousands of civil case defendants.

ArtChix Magazine Names Jana Mashonee
Artist Of The Year for 2010

Last year, ArtChix Magazine chose female vocalist and music sensation Crystal Sunshine as our ‘ARTIST OF THE YEAR’. This year, we have opted to choose another female vocalist who has filled the hearts and ears of her listeners with what has been described as “a spiritual experience in music”.

SPY vs. SPY, GRIFFITH VS. GRIFFITH: A private intelligence chief sides with the CIA on the case of Lora Griffith
The case of Lora Griffith became a hot button issue when she sued the Central Intelligence Agency for alleged “gender discrimination”. The issues of this case are neither gender nor a fair example of how the CIA looks at its female operatives, but rather policy and the security threat her actions posed

 

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Trends! The Many Forms of Elder Financial
Abuse A PI Newswire Story

The Quad City Times recently highlighted the widespread problem of elder financial abuse and the various forms in which it occurs.

Exclusive: Google, CIA Invest in ‘Future’ of Web Monitoring
The investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real time — and says it uses that information to predict the future.

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Lawmate Grade Covert Keychain Audio Recorder Released
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Connecticut Private Investigator Discusses How “Chexting” Can Catch a Cheater in the Act
According to Christopher Paoletti, Founder and President of Infidelity Investigations (http://www.infidelitypolice.com), a Connecticut private investigation firm that specializes in infidelity cases, a new term, “chexting,” has been coined to describe cheating on one's spouse via text message.


New Manual Published!
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Thomas Investigative Publications, Inc. is proud to announce Surveillance Tradecraft! This new book is the most comprehensive on covert surveillance training and techniques published in the world today. It illustrates the methods and techniques which have shown to be successful. It has been compiled as an advanced guide and reference book to the surveillance operative and is comprehensive enough to cover the subjects required to plan, carry out, gatherevidence and report on a covert surveillance.

 

ARTCHIX SPECIAL FEATURE:
ANJI FUSSELL: PRIVATE SPY AN A MOVER AND SHAKER IN THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATIVE

She looks like a someone who is just another really good looking female that could easily blend into a crowd and that is actually the point, she can blend in unnoticed. Anji Fussell is a private eye and private spy that can be cunning when it comes to getting the goods. If you are a cheater, you better hope she is not on your case because her success rate is nearly one hundred percent. Anji Fussell is owner and developer of She Spies Private Eye, Inc. located in Central Texas.

Private Eye Network About To Top 800 Members And Becomes NAIS members Only Service
One Of the most advanced online networking systems where NAIS members can set up their own page, upload photos, videos and audio, chat live online, join forms and market their investigative services, the cutting edge PEN has become an NAIS members only benefit. If you have not joined yet, it will become increasingly important that you do to take full advantage of NAIS membership for your agency! Click here to read all about it. Click here to join it now.

Trends! Amazon: E-books Will Overtake Paperbacks by the End of 2011

Amazon predicts that it will sell more e-books than paperbacks by the end of next year, and that they will eclipse both paperback and hardcover sales combined shortly thereafter.

Confessions of a Cyber Spy: An Interview with Kayla Cohen
Kayla Cohen is one of those private spies who know how to catch their culprits. She’s sly, sexy, seductive and spends her time as Deputy Director of Cyber Security at Griffith Colson Intelligence Service, or GCIS, monitoring possible extremist recruitment sites and the latest cyber security reports. She’s 25 years old and has openly admitted to an online newspaper that lots of sex is part of her daily diet. She stops there, refusing to reveal who her partner is or whether its a male or a female. She guards her private life closely.

Tips From Pursuit Magazine
TIP! From - Pursuit Magazine - Journal of Professional Excellence for Investigators Ever wondered which bank issued a Visa or Mastercard? Input the first 6 digits (called the Issuer Identification Number, or IIN) of the card number here: http://www.bindatabase.net/

TIP! From Pursuit Magazine - Journal of Professional Excellence for Investigators Ever wondered which bank a check is being drawn on? Enter the 9-digit routing number to find the bank: http://www.routingnumbers.org/

TIP! From Pursuit Magazine - Locate a detainee who is currently in ICE custody, or was released from ICE in the last 60 days: https://locator.ice.gov/odls/homePage.do

Hartford Times Examiner Inks Thomas Calling Him The Spy Game’s Leading Renaissance Man And Explains NAIStv
In many ways, Texan spymaster Ralph Thomas can be considered the ‘Renaissance Man’ of the private investigation and spy industry.
Not only is he one of the most visionary and eloquent players in the private spy game, he is also one of the most skilled.

GIrl Power! The Age Of Women In The Investigative And Spy Business Filters Down To TV And Movies- 15 Butt Kicking Espionage Babes-A PI Newswire Story
s Angelina Jolie’s latest flick, Salt – which is about an American secret agent accused of espionage – comes out soon, listed below are the Top 15 women in the espionage trade. So step aside, James Bond. Move over, Jack Bauer. These women can give you some stiff competition (which isn’t a bad thing).

How mobility challenges security- A PI Newswire Story
Keeping a static infrastructure protected is challenging enough, but these days you also have to make sure laptops, notebooks, netbooks, tablets, PDAs, and phones are all up to snuff. In addition, users are making connections with these devices that are likely not secure.

Russian Spy

Espionage History And The Russian Ten
The Justice Department’s arrest this summer of 10 Russian spies posing as American citizens is not stranger than fiction; it mirrors fiction. Innumerable Cold War novels and films focused on “sleeper agents,” professional Soviet espionage officers superbly trained in language and culture who take on the identity of a native-born American to gain access to U.S. intelligence and policy making.

Do Not Call List Tops 200 Million, Some Scammers Still Ignore It
The Federal Trade Commission announced a milestone this week: its Do Not Call registry has just passed 200 million numbers

Facebook Tops 500 Million Users Worldwide
Facebook Inc. on Wednesday issued its own eye-popping status update: The world's most popular social networking site had surpassed 500 million users. (And if you dodn't have a facebook page you need one now!)

 

Divorce Lawyers Use Facebook, Texts, GPS In Cases-A PI Newswire Story
The Internet, texting, cell phones and GPS devices have become crucial for divorce lawyers. Eight out of 10 of those attorneys say they’re using those devices more and more these days to get the goods on errant spouses. One local woman tells CBS 2’s Mike Parker how she nailed her straying husband.

 



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The National Association Of Investigative Specialists Wants To Thank Kayla Cohen,
Deputy Director Cyber Security, Griffith-Colson Intelligence Service For Her Work During The Bomb Threat In New York City

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It looks like a regular every day AC Adapter you plug into the wall but that is not what it is. This high grade covert video camera has a DVR and hidden camera built right into it with motion activation, The Ultra Advanced Model has true High Definition, Time And Date Stamping and an extra plug for a second camera such as our covert cord plug camera that looks like a normal cord. Since the unit plugs into the wall and it powered in this manner, there is no need to worry about battery drain since this high grade unit is powered through the normal eclectic outlet. It just sets there and looks like an AC Adopter but only you know what it really it.

 

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